Review 18: There’s No Sex in Golf by Stephen Outram

There’s No Sex in Golf
by Stephen Outram
Copyright: © 2008
144 Pages
$27.50 Paperback
My own golfing experience is lacking. Remember what I said in Review 14? I’m no sports fan! I had an uncle who let me drive the cart when I was ten, and run out and remove the flag for him. I [...]

In-News

Are there any readers out there in the DC area?  If so, jump in the car this weekend and find a bookstore called Olsson’s Books.  They need your help!  They are filing for Chapter 11 due to a decline in sales.
“The book business is getting a little soft. It’s not selling as much as [...]

Review 17: BIRDS by TheTeachersDesk.info

BIRDS
by TheTeachersDesk.info
Copyright: © 2008
$3.00 E-Book
77 Pages
A recent fascination with my own backyard birds has led to a fun summer hobby. I now have six bird feeders in my yard, and have purchased 3 various books all about birds. I even made a trip to the zoo recently well, just for the birds. [...]

POD Diary Updates

For those who have been reading my escapades in Lulu publishing under the POD Diary tab, or for those here for the first time, go check out my recent posts concerning the quality of a dozen copies of my book which arrived yesterday.  I also woke up this morning to find the book finally loaded [...]

Review 16: Real Life Dramas Vol. One by Darren G. Burton

Real Life Dramas: Volume One
by Darren G. Burton
Copyright: © 2008
218 Pages
$19.95 Paperback
Many many years ago while living at home and in grade school, going with my parents to buy groceries on a Friday evening was a regular ritual. The last thing added to the shopping cart before we checked out was a copy of [...]

Review 15: Deadly Delusion by Jim Jarman

Deadly Delusion
by Jim Jarman
Copyright: © 2006
272 Pages
$19.95 Paperback
$9.97 E-Book
In high school, I had a history teacher who was obsessed with JFK.  We spent six weeks studying the president’s life and of course his assassination, and the infamous Lee Harvey Oswald and Jack Ruby.  The teacher was so obsessed that he even had a poster of [...]

Will Amazon buy Borders?

Here’s an interesting bit I picked up from a Shelf Awareness story this week…
William Ackerman, whose hedge fund Pershing Square Capital Management is the single-largest shareholder in Borders Group, owning about 30% of the company, suggested yesterday that Amazon.com should buy Borders, according to the Associated Press.
“Amazon could buy the company for about $400 million [...]

Changes to Lulu Revenue Reporting

I received an email over the weekend from Lulu about a change in their revenue reporting policies.  If you’ve purchased an ISBN and distribution package through Lulu, then it’s likely you received the same email.  For those who have not, I’ll share the information with you here.
If you have purchased a distribution service for your [...]

Jeff Bezos, the Kindle Ereader, and his brief thoughts on POD

I picked up this article today from the Shelf Awareness email feed, and thought Mr. Bezo’s comment on the recent POD/Amazon controversy was interesting, although brief.  The whole ordeal seems to have died down a bit, but I know it’s still in the back of our minds, or should be…
Amazon.com CEO Jeff Bezos began his [...]

Review 14: Flagrant Foul by Bob McDonald

Flagrant Foul
by Bob McDonald
Copyright: © 2008
307 Pages
$15.00 Paperback
$3.00 E-Book
Take one look at the book cover for Bob McDonald’s book, Flagrant Foul, and you’d almost mistaken the title as being “The Forester.” Take a chance and read this book about a young reporter getting a chance at the big leagues of sports commentary and there’s [...]